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Iran’s Nuclear Diplomacy: How the Gulf Feels Threatened

Stoking sectarianism, threatening stability and interfering in sovereign countries: Iran already is a source of instability to Gulf countries even without a deal on its nuclear programme. Feeling vulnerable, Gulf countries may look to US alternatives to guarantee their security.

Nuclear Diplomacy with North Korea: Over Before it Began?

Western discussions with North Korea over its nuclear capabilities remain decidedly frozen

Drug Trafficking and Organised Crime in Afghanistan: Corruption, Insecurity and the Challenges of Transition

David Bewley-Taylor

The drugs trade is a growing security threat, and nowhere is this more apparent than in the complex relationship between counter-narcotics and counter-insurgency in Afghanistan.